Daytona Teddy Riggs - by Drew Buxton Hardcover

Book Synopsis

Set in mid-nineties South Texas, Daytona Teddy Riggs follows a has-been high school football star on his quest to become the World's Strongest Man.

It's 1996 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Teddy Riggs--call him Daytona--will stop at nothing to win the World's Strongest Man competition. He spends his days training and downing as many calories as possible. Outcast from his oil-rich family, his main companion is a tape set by self-help guru Pat Dupree that he plays on repeat.

When a Dupree seminar is set to take place in Houston just before a regional qualifying event, Teddy knows the universe is aligning in his favor. But as the seminar approaches, a new relationship with Tammy, a local bodybuilder, brings all his crushing insecurities to the forefront, and he must confront who he really is beneath the muscles.

At once an outrageous comedy, a biting satire of the self-help industry, and an earnest look at the facets of obsession, Buxton's riotous debut novel chronicles how masculinity, privilege, and mental illness intersect.